02 March 2013

Unknowingly Phileas Fogg travelled along the 'lemon road.' The bulk of
the world's production takes place in areas in which he travelled : the
Mediterranean, in the semi-tropical foothills of the Himalayas and on
the California coast.

It takes 120 tonnes of citrus fruit and a million elastiques bands to
create all the motifs at the Fête du Citron. And it takes one year of
preparation. As soon as this year's festival ends, next year's
preparations will begin. Each day any damaged fruit is replaced and at
the end of the festival, all the good quality fruit is sold off cheaply
for jams, marmalades and to make wine and other drinks.